It was very nice to experience their culture and weekday, and not only see what a regular tourist would have seen. Talking about weekday; we also lived in a family with a Lithuanian student in the project. The families were very gentle and gave us a lot. Many even offered us to live in their houses if we ever wanted to come back. While we were in Alytus, we also went to Vilnius and Kaunas, and a park named Grutas park, were statues/monuments (about their war) from all over Lithuania were placed. We become good friends with the students in the project, and we stay in contact throught e-mails and telephone, until they comes to Notodden 11. September. The Lithuanians loved to sing and the first thing we did when we met them was to sing songs; Norwegian, Lithuanian and Englissh... They wanted to get in contact with us and made us feel very welcome! :) I think this program ment a lot to the people in Alytus. Our work was presented on television, radio and in newspapers. And that`s what make this project fun; people (politicians) listen to us, and we get to know new interesting people! All of us had a very good time in Alytus. We even think about going back sometime... And all the nice pictures (hint, hint til Jan reidar og Torgeir..) will always refresh our memories.

by Ingrid Elise Rekaa

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